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The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1887-06-30
WIT AND wlsDoM.

Mrs Binl,s remarks that her hus-
band is always so tight that he is pos
itively waterproof
The $500 fan of the Queen of Italy
does not raise any more wind than q
paln-leaf article ''two for five cents. "
Every smart man takes his turn at
actin de fool. De shorest-footed hoss
in de worl stumblcs sometimes.
kansas Traveller.
you lool," said an Irishman to =
pale, haggard smoker, ''as if you had
got out Of your grave to light your
cigar, and couldn't find your way back
again."
Kansas City Mani suppose you've
never been in Kansas City. have you?
Omaha Mani was there last week.
"Last week! oh, but you ought to sec
it now!''-OmGha Rorid.
"A Connecticut paper speaks of q
man .'looking on with baited breath. I"
Some men bait with cloves, and some
with orange-reel. Why didn't the
paper give its readers fuller psrticu-
larsP
If you want knowledge; you must
toll for it; If food, you must toll for
it; and if pleasure, you must toll for it
Toll is the law. Pleasure comes through
toll. and not ty self-indulgence and i'm
dolence. When one gets to love work.
his life is happy one. e.-Rnskia.
They tell in Philadelphia of small
boy whose governess one day. out Of
patience with his mischievousness,
caught him by the arm, saying: Harry,
believe the Old Nick has hold Of YOU"
Quick as a flash. the youngster an
swered: "Yes, but. only with one
hand"
-Bascomb Gust returned from Aus
tralia)-Well, sir, what would you say
if told you had seen a snake out
there that measures forty feet in circum-
ference and ninety-three feetin length?
Darnley-I should say-er-that Aus
tralia does not produce good whisky
Judge.
The habit of faltering and distin-
gushing and concealing. and putting
forward the edge of the truth instead
of showing boldly the full face Oft, at
last leads men into an insincerity so
habitual that they really do not know
whether they speak the truth or not
Cardinal Manning.
But grief is not the end Of all. I
seem to hear the funeral march become
a pecan. 1 see beyond the forest the
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The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1887-06-30
LATER NEWS.

THERE is strong evidence of the exist
ence of an organized gang Of Anarchists at
Columbus, o.
TIE remains of General James Speed
were inferred at Cave Hill Cemetery,
Louisville, Sunday.
THE safe in the Willoughby (O.) post
Office was blown open Sunday night, and
between $500 and $500 taken.
YELLOW fever record at Key West: Total
cases, 40; total deaths, IS; now sick, IA;
discharged cured, 10.
THE immense buildings of the Chicago
Packing and Provision Company were de-
stroyed by fire. Loss, 81, 250, 900.
The Toledo, st. Louis and Kansas City
railway, between Toledo, o., ana Frank
fort, Ind, distance of 206 miles, was
changed from narrow to standard gauge
on the Goth.
GOVERNOR HILL, of New York, has ve-
toed the bill imposing tax on the ''buck-
et-shops."
A FIFTEEN million cubic-foot gas well,
the fifth in number, has been opened at
South Marion, Ind.
AT Mt. Vernon, Mo-, C. R. Carter, Tom
M. Kelton and three other prisoners killed
the deputy sheriff and escaped from Jail.
JOHN ROGERS, of the Tolliver gang, who
had a narrow escape from death at More
head. XIV, has been arrested on a charge
of murder.
Dr. REYNOLDS, an examiner in the q. 8.
Pension Office, has been knighted by the
King of Italy in recognition Of his contri-
| buttons to science.
| DR.. r. B. DOVER, crazed over his wife's
death, suicided at Little Rock, Ark. Be-
| fore hIowip o. his hrains ont he made q will
disposing of his property and body.
JOHN THOMAS ROSE, colored, convicted
in Baltimore of the murder of Emily
Brown, white, whose body was sold by
him to the Medical University, was SEN
fenced to be hanged.
| J. c. ANDERSON was arrested at Newark,
O., on the charge of using the mails to pro
mote scheme of chance.
PROF. CHAs. S. e. LEON, st. Louis corn
doctor, was bitten by large rattlesnake
from which he was trying to extract the
fangs. Doctors say he will die.
AT New Canton, ILL.,, David Douglas!
went to the house of Riley Kelly, and,
calling him out, plunged knife into his
breast, killing him instantly. Both were
boys.
q. S. SECRETARY OF TREASURY FAIRcHILI
has directed assistant treasurers to pay
July interest checks and coupons upon
presentation. This is done in order to re
lease enough money at once to preven
embarrassment in financial circles.
TIE peach crop of Delaware is now re
ported to be almost failure. There vii
not be OYER one million five hundred thou
sand baskets, whore eight million were q
arst oxpestsd.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1887-06-30


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The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1887-06-30
In future visits to Legislatu,

In future visits to Legislatures in
the interest of his boom John Sherman
should carry Returning Board Wells
and Rutherford B. Hayes with him.
They might serve as awful examples or
shining lights, just as Mr.. Sherman
chose, to pitch his voice on the burning
question of "fair count. nt.''-Detrost
Free Press.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1887-06-30

1t is reported that Mrs. Blaine
objects to her husbands running for
the Presidency. Women always did
knew more than men, IN II HernlA
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1887-06-30
FoREIoN INTELLIGENCE.

Among the presents received by the
Queen at the reception at Buckingham Pal
ace on the 22d. was gift of a75, 900 sub
scribed by three million women, to erect in
Windsor replica Of the famous Glasgow
equestrian statue of the Prince Consort
A Sidney IN. 8. W. dispatch of the 23d
reports the wrecking Of train on the
Hawkesbury railroad, by which seven per-
sons were killed and forty others injured.
The accident was caused by the failure of
the brakes to work while the train was
going down an incline.
The Royal Havana lottery after the last
drawing was mulcted to the amount of $685.
600, through counterfeit fractional portions
of the ticket bearing the number drawing
the capital prize. The capital prize called
for 5000 The forgery was not discov-
cred until after the above amount had been
paid out.
Joseph Brothers, jewelers., having es-
tablishments at Birmingham and Leeds
England, and in Canada, have gone into
bankruptcy. Their liabilities are a52, 900,
and their assets 200.
A Berlin dispatch says an Imperial decree
announces the issue Of 81 per cent loan
to the amount of 238, ,O04, $50 marks.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1887-06-30

met at Harrisburg, Pa, on the oath and
were addressed by Grand Master Wilkin-
son and Grand Secretary O'Shea, Of nli-
nois, who showed that the order had PA
lodges and a membership of Il, 900, although
organized only in 1883, and that $500, 900 had
been expended in benefits.
DR.. Edward Duggan, prominent physi-
clan Of Williamsburg, N. Y, was murdered
on his own doorstep on the 24th by George
Walter, who fred two bullets into him,
killing him instantly. Walter was ar
rested.
President Colt, Of the Reading (Pa.) Iron
Works, has notified the employees that in
consequence of their refusal to accept the
proposed ten per cent. reduction, all Of the
company's furnaces, tube works, rolling
and sheet mills will be closed on July for
an indefinite period. The suspension will
throw two thousand hands out Of employ
ment.
Hon. Freeman Clarke died at Rochester,
N. Y, on the Gath. He was Comptroller of
the Currency in 1855, and q member OF the
Thirty-eighth Congress in 1852.
Chester A. Arthur, son OF the late ex-
President, is among the incorporators Of
the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty
to Sailors, articles Of which were filed re-
Gently.
Governor Hill has signed the bill passed
by the Legislature. extending local option
throughout New York State, to the extent
of permitting communities which have pro-
hibited retail liquor selling to also prohibit
its sale at wholesale.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1887-06-30
General News Summary.
Interesting Home and Foreign News,
WASHINGTON.

During the fiscal year ending June 80,
1881. the circulating medium Of the country
wiilhave been increased through the Treas
ury operations and othe erwise about $70,-
10000, Of which 50, ,000, 600 Is in notes and
coins Of go and under.
Pension Commissioner Black has issued
an order restricting the legal fee in cases
OF attorneys for Mexican pension claims to
ten dollars
The Department Of State has received
information from the Consul at Barcelona,
exhibition to be held in that city has been
postponed to April g. 1883.
The new postal treaty between the United
Staten and Mexico provides that the mails
OF each country shall be open to all matter
now mailable under the law Of either coun-
try, and mail matter is TO be subject to
rates and regulations now governing in the
country In which it originates. There is to
Dc no exchange Of accounts or revenues be-
tween the two countries, and each country
10 to bear the expense Of conveying its mail
to the other; each retaining the revenue
from mail matter originating within its
boundaries.
An analysis Of internal revenue receipts
for the month Of May, 1887, compared with
those Of May, 1885. shows an increase Of
ei,1oovU lrom spir1tS ana liquors and OF
1000 from tobacco. The oleomargarine
tax collections during May last amounted
to Sill, 900.
The Comptroller Of the Currency ON the
Esd authorized the following National banks
to commsnce business: The Preston Ma
tional bank, Of Detroit. Mich, capital $780,
o00; the Minneapolis National bank, Kan
sas, capital 10000; the German National
bank, OF Hastings, Neb, capital $50, 900;
the First National bank. Of Birmingham,
Ala, capital s250. 900.
The War Department Is Informed that
100 persons successfully passed both the
physical and mental examinations for ad-
mission to the West Point Military Acad-
emy as cadets. Six applicants failed to
pass the physical examination, thirty-fve
failed In the mental examination and thirty
failed to report, The four candidates at
large designated by the President success
ft1l
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1887-06-30
A Sequel to the Great Chicago
Wheat Deal.

The Fidelity National Bank Closes Its
Doors, but the Onicials say the Bank VIII
Pay Dollar For Observation-Disclosures
Harper Gives Up Eysry Thing to His
Creditors.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1887-06-30
.The Bellefonte (PunnN Ne,os tell

The Bellefonte (Penn.) Nesos tells
story of man who came to that
town lately and ate. for the first time
in his life. a slice of sponge cake. He
liked it, and being assured that it WAS
wholesome, went and bought lot of
sponges and took them home for his
wife TO make sponge cake Of Bus we
3on't belioye II
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1887-06-30

1T was thrifty urchin. albeit of
tender years, who fell down on the
sidewalk and cut slight cash in his
tough little palm, the other day. Some
kindly passer-by stopped to bind up his
hand and offer the little fellow consola-
ton. A gentleman gave him a dime.
and when the lady who wound her
handkerchief around the injured hand
asked him if he did not feel pretty
comfortable, he replied, with astonnd-
ing candor: ...Yes'm; as comfortable
as feller can fur ten cents. Golden
DduS.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1887-06-30
A MYSTERIOUS CASE.

The Strange Disappearance OF the First
Female Treasury Clerk.
The question as to who was the first
female employe in the Treasury Depart
ment at Washington having been rails
ed, General F. E. Spinner, who resides
in Mohawk, was called upon to decide
it. The name of the first lady, he says.
was Jeanette L. Douglass. Miss Doug
lass was born in Peterboro, Madison
County. N. Y, and was a neighbor Of
the philanthropist, Gerritt Smith. and it
was through his influence that General
Spinner made the appointment. Miss
Douglass was in 1860 teacher in Mrs.
Smiths female seminary in Washing
ton, in the building occupied by JEFF
ferson Davis while he was Secretary Of
War.
At the outbreak of the civil war the
school was broken up and Miss Doug
lass rented the mansion of Mrs. Gaines
and opened girls school. 1t was not
n success, and she went to Scotland to
look after property there to which she
had fallen heir. She returned to New
York City in 1870. and wrote to her
brother from there, saying she would
soon join him in Ilicn. Since that time
neither he nor any of his friends have
ever seen or heard of Miss Douglass.
Whether she got her fortune or not.
whether she was robbed, kidnapped or
murdered or committed suicide is not
known. The mystery of her disap-
pearance will probably never be solved.
M Y. Tribune.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1887-06-30
The male wasp, the naturalist tells

The male wasp, the naturalist tells
us. never stings. But so long as he
and his sister are twins and dress ex-
actly alike this bit of knowledge avail
eth nothing to the careless man who
does not know it is the lady who is ap-
preaching him until it be that she
smiteth him with her hustle. What
humanity demands of science in the
case of the wasp is the inven-
ton of some prompter method of dis
tinguishing between Monsieur and Mar
damwazzle at forty yards. -Bardette.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1887-06-30

-'You girls want the earth,' said
Trenton father, when one of his
daughters asked him for six dollars for
new jacket. mo, papa" said the
ingenious child Of twenty, ..not the
earth-only new Jersey. Trenton
IN VI EmpertNmh :,
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1887-06-30

Some Pennsylvania men have
started couple of skunk rannhes, one
at Little's Corner, and the other at
Miller's Station. Good skunkskins sell
readily at a dollar apiece. and the idea
is to keep the market well supplied
with the black and white pelts without
breaking down the price.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1887-08-09
Houses and the Death Rate.

Mr.. Noel A. Humphreys read paper OF
much interest before the Statistical society
on Glass Mortality" in which he drew at
tention to the fact that in the Peabody build
ings in London, which now accommodate
some q, coo persons of the poorer classes, the
number Of infant deaths has been reduced
seven per 1000 below that Of infants in
London generally during the last Eve years
This shows, he said, how much housing has
to do with our rate Of death; and this is con-
irnned by the fact that the poorer classes
who live much In the open cir, like gardeners,
nurserymen and agricultural laborers, attain
an average age almost as good as that OF
clergymen themselves, IN spite of their muck
greater privations 1t Is impure air, in the
long run, which shortens life even more than
any other cause. 1t is a pity that the insur-
ancs Offices and benefit societies cannot in
spect the houses of their clients, and charge
higher fee for insuring the lives Of those who
live in i'll drained and i'll ventilated houses
than they charge for in<uring the lives Of
those who live in well drained and well yenti-
lated houses. What reform in house s,ruo-
ture tina; might bring about Boston Tran
script
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1887-08-09
Eyes IN q Watch Case.

The lover has long ago passed from the
era of watch chains made of his true loves
hair and little plaits Of it in gold lockets and
rings. Ee has had her photograph stuck in
his watch, and some have gone SO far as to
have the face painted on the dial The head
on the locket has become commonplace.
Wearing her ring exists to some extent, but
1t is apt to prove a giveaway, and big
signet ring on young lady's hand is palpab!y
out of place.
The locked bangle and the hair bracelet
and the medallion brooch have been done to
death, and now am informed by a young
lady who is au fait in such matters that the
latest wrinkle is to cut the eyes out Of her
photograph and stick them in your watch
case, or in double loc1et, or in hidden
spring bracelet, or carry them in your waist
coat pocket, Or stick them on your scarf, or
gum them inside OF your hat. Well, sup
poss we must have something new. Every
body can't afford to do the gold ring business
or paint her likeness on the face Of his watch.
And the great merit Of the new wrinkle is
that it is within the reach of the humblest
maiden or the haughtiest belle.-San Fran
cisco Chronicle
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1887-08-09

@The orange is very deceptive fruit,
said Fulton market fruit dealer the other
morning. "In nine oranges out of ten the
more beautiful their outside appearance the
poorer wiz be the quality of the fruit within.
The deceptive oranges are the result of allow
ing fruit to remain on the trees TO color after
they are fully developed The young fruit
on the same tree abstract the juices from the
full grown orange until nothing remains but
a spongy, wool like ball covered with rough,
thick, but brilliant colorsd skin, which is Of
no use except TO makers of JAM
"How many varieties OF oranges come to
New York" asked the reporter.
@The list is a long one. 1t includes The Hs-
vana, the Jamaica, the Porto Rico, the Mas
sau, the Abhieco, the Louisiana and the Flor.
ida varieties. The fruit from five differ
ent ports on the Mediterranean sea and the
five different varieties from California are
classed by dealers as summer fruit All thess
varieties of orange come 70 the port Of New
York. We can, therefore, supply the world
with oranges the year round New Yorh
Srrr
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1887-08-09

1t is strange that freight and passenger
men should know so little concerning each
others departments, even in matters Of long
standing and considerable importance. Yet
such is the case, a any one may find out fos
himself by Questioning member Of either
divisions concerning the workings OF The
other The chances are that the vel informed
outsider VIII find himself better posted on
freight matters than is the passenger man OF
the very railroad ia question The members
az the two departments do not, for some rays-
terious reason, as a rule, affiliate The bead
Of the freigh. man is constantly filed with
some mathematical problem, while the
passenger representative confines his cogf
tatious moro to ways that are dark and
tricks thst are far reaching aud subtle And
30 we go our several ways, almost as ignoran:
Of one anoibers business as If We were engag-
ed In separate and distinct interests -Gaobe-
Democrat
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1887-08-09
FROM PILLS TO POVERTY.
Physicians in Reduced Circumstances
Wantetl-A Curious Advertisements


Wanted-A Curious Advertisement.
The following advertisement, which an
peared in one OF the city papers, drew to-
gether curious assortment OF very reputable
but seedy looking men. No one, to Judge by
their appearance, would suppose that each
one was the possessor Of what is known as q
college education. and in addition to that was
graduate of a medical college The adver-
tisement was III substance as follows: "a
physician wanted; one in reduced circum-
stances. Apply at No. 26o H street"
The above number is that of small two
story and basement brick house, and is occu-
pied as a residence and Office by doctor
The reporter was ushered into the presence Of
the author CT the advertisement The doctor
was clad in a long, solid-looking dressing
gown, raked artistically over one ear.
Motioning the reporter to seat himself on
either the stove or the floor, as no chairs were
visible, the doctor calmly perused a news
paper For over two hours the bell was con-
stantly kept jingling by seedy looking men in
possession Of medical diplomas. No one
seemed to suit the doctor until late in the
afternoon, when one remained closeted with
him and had evidently answered the doctors
three questions satisfactorily.
One of the rejected ones seeing the reporter,
and evidently taking him for a disciple of the
saw and dissecting knife, approached him
with dissatisfied smile.
Il wonder what he wanted Of poor doc
tori said the man. "Hell get plenty to an
swer the advertisement. Inever saw so many
broken down physicians in my life"
When asked how that happened and why
doctors out ne rOcitIAnS he
said:
"Well, take my case as an example.
graduated from a German university and
but no money. Not making as much Of
success of it as I had expected. came here
with the hope that in a new country could
do better. 1t was even worse here than al
home. The country is full Of doctors, and
they keep filling up the place with them as
fast as they can turn them out of the medical
colleges. Those who have little money, but
not enough to support them in the style they
have to live in while their practice is building
up, start an apothecary store. Many of them
make successes Of it, while others fail /,
having no money, went as an apothecaryf
assistant at $40 week and had to prepare all
the prescriptions.
"The idea of paying such wages to mar
who has to mix the deadliest of drugs and
holds the lives of thousands in his hand" he
exclaimed.
"What becomes of all the physiciansr
asked the reporter.
"Well," replied the man, "they go as did,
as apothecaries' assistants and into anything
else they can-some as clerks, and those who
can into newspaper work. What is the use
of hiring a green hand when a licensed ply.
stefan will work for the same wages and
knows better how to mix the drugs. New
York Journal.